LA around the metro stops there are a lot of developments coming online, I can see multifamily in those areas getting into the oversupply territory.Where in LA are you looking?

I doubt your llc will qualify for the 20% deduction...there a lot of requirements and other professionals such as lawyers, doctors and accountants specifically do not qualify for it, regardless of entity structure.BTW, since your llc wouldn’t be a licensed brokerage, yes you’d be violating licensing laws and I suspect are putting your license at risk, if that matters to you.

Their interest rate may be the lowest but in the end, the loan you get usually makes your outcome not matter very much to the planned outcome. 

No online forum can replace real personal/professional expertise.  

If i was buying this whole adds value talk, Rather than deal with renewing odd brick,  which no matter how good you do, still does not look as good as a new brick.

@Brandon Turner's "The Book on Rental Property Investing" is absolutely great, and the audio version is fantastic - it is well-read, and he makes all the figures available online and tells you the URL (on Bigger Pockets) to view the figures.

As a passive investor your success is completely tied to the quality of the operator no matter turnkey investing or syndication. 

No matter what though I only put carpet in bedrooms, hallways, or stairs (unless the foundation was just complete garbage).

(Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Oklahoma City) and learned some "sure fire" ways to garner good, reliable, conservative, numbers for me to base my "comps", no matter where I found myself.Find someone local, who knows the area and works it well.

But asking us to participate in structuring the cover up, not to mention posting it online, strikes me as rather poor judgment.There are plenty of ways to grow SDIRA's/401K's/HSA's/CESA's legitimately.